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MASTER SOLVERS CLUB

Scores for the February 2021 Contest

Problem A

Imps
East-West vulnerable
You, South, hold:

♠ J 5

♥ Q J 10 8 7 6 3

♦ K 10 5

♣ 5

SOUTH	WEST	NORTH	EAST
3 ♥	Pass	4 NT^*	Double
Redouble^†	5 ♣	Pass	Pass
?

^*BWS: ace-ask
^†BWS: no aces

What call do you make?

Action	Score	Panel Votes	% of Solvers
Pass	100	17	35
5 ♦	90	8	33
5 ♥	40	2	19
Double	0	0	11
6 ♥	0	0	2
else	0	0	0

Problem B

Imps
Both sides vulnerable
You, South, hold:

♠ K 2

♥ Q 7 3

♦ A 9 7

♣ 9 7 6 3 2

SOUTH	WEST	NORTH	EAST
——	——	1 ♦	Pass
1 NT	2 ♣	2 ♦	Pass
?

What call do you make?

Action	Score	Panel Votes	% of Solvers
3 ♦	100	11	58
3 ♣	80	7	7
2 ♥	70	5	2
4 ♦	60	1	0
2 ♠	50	2	1
2 NT	40	1	3
Pass	30	0	26
3 NT	0	0	1
4 ♣	0	0	1
else	0	0	1

Problem C

Imps
Both sides vulnerable
You, South, hold:

♠ Q J 10

♥ A J 5 4 3 2

♦ J 9

♣ Q 6

SOUTH	WEST	NORTH	EAST
——	Pass	1 ♦	Pass
1 ♥	Pass	1 ♠	Pass
?^*

^*BWS: 2 ♣ game-force

What call do you make?

Action	Score	Panel Votes	% of Solvers
2 ♥	100	12	39
2 ♠	70	6	6
3 ♥	60	2	26
2 ♣	50	6	19
2 NT	40	1	7
3 ♠	40	0	0
1 NT	30	0	1
else	0	0	2

Problem D

Imps
Both sides vulnerable
You, South, hold:

♠ —

♥ A J 9 7 2

♦ A Q 3

♣ K 10 9 8 4

SOUTH	WEST	NORTH	EAST
——	——	——	1 ♠
?

What call do you make?

Action	Score	Panel Votes	% of Solvers
2 ♠	100	16	58
2 ♥	70	6	22
Double	70	5	20
2 NT	0	0	1
else	0	0	0

Problem E

Matchpoints
Neither side vulnerable
You, South, hold:

♠ A J 10

♥ 6 3 2

♦ A K Q J 10 9

♣ A

SOUTH	WEST	NORTH	EAST
——	——	3 ♣	Pass
?

What call do you make?

Action	Score	Panel Votes	% of Solvers
3 NT	100	12	30
3 ♦	90	11	48
5 ♣	50	1	13
Pass	40	2	5
4 ♣	0	0	1
4 ♦	0	0	1
4 NT	0	0	1
6 ♣	0	0	1
else	0	0	0

Problem F

Matchpoints
Both sides vulnerable
You, South, hold:

♠ A K 5 4 2

♥ 8

♦ J 10 7 5 4 2

♣ 10

SOUTH	WEST	NORTH	EAST
——	——	Pass	Pass
?

What call do you make?

Action	Score	Panel Votes	% of Solvers
1 ♠	100	11	60
2 ♠	80	7	9
Pass	60	6	25
2 ♦	60	3	3
1 ♦	30	0	4
3 ♦	10	0	0
else	0	0	0

Problem G

Imps
East-West vulnerable
You, South, hold:

♠ A Q 6

♥ J 9 6 5 2

♦ J 4 3

♣ A K

SOUTH	WEST	NORTH	EAST
——	2 ♦	Pass	Pass
?

What call do you make?

Action	Score	Panel Votes	% of Solvers
2 ♥	100	16	60
Double	70	6	27
2 NT	50	3	9
Pass	40	2	4
3 ♥	0	0	1
else	0	0	0

Problem H

Imps
North-South vulnerable
You, South, hold:

♠ 10 7 4

♥ A Q 4

♦ 5

♣ A 10 9 7 6 3

SOUTH	WEST	NORTH	EAST
——	Pass	1 ♥	2 ♦
3 ♦^*	Double	3 ♥^†	3 ♠
4 ♣	4 ♠	5 ♣	Pass
Pass	5 ♠	Pass	Pass
Double	Pass	Pass	Pass

^*BWS: invitational-plus raise
^†BWS: discouraging

What is your opening lead?

Action	Score	Panel Votes	% of Solvers
♥ A	100	16	40
♣ A	60	4	30
♦ 5	60	4	15
♣ 10	50	1	3
♣ 7	40	1	1
♣ 9	40	0	1
♣ 6	40	0	0
♣ 3	40	0	0
♥ Q	20	1	0
♠ 4	10	0	8
♠ 7	10	0	1
♠ 10	10	0	0
♥ 4	10	0	0
else	0	0	1

MSC CONTEST

These are the scores that were assigned to the problems, as well as the number of votes each solution received from our expert panel, and the approximate percentage of solvers' answers.

See the February issue of The Bridge World to read the panel's in-depth discussion of these contest problems—see how each expert answered and learn how they came to their decisions.